{"id":132,"date":"2022-06-25T11:12:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T16:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhw.oze.mybluehost.me\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2022-06-25T11:12:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T16:12:39","slug":"a-hand-to-hold","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rythmicchimney.org\/staging\/2056\/a-hand-to-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hand to Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rythmicchimney.org\/staging\/2056\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/th-2.jpg?resize=829%2C1124&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1084\" width=\"829\" height=\"1124\"\/><figcaption><em>photo from internet<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">She gently laid him in his bed\nAnd kissed his tired tousled head\nWith tiny hand outstretched he said,\n\"Mommy, will you hold my hand?\"\n\n\"Of course, I will\", was her reply.\nHe closed his eyes with happy sigh,\nAs she softly hummed a lullaby\nHe drifted off to sleep.\n\nShe gently stroked his sleeping brow\nAnd marveled at the wonder how\nThat one so small and helpless now\nCaused such constriction of her heart.\n\nFuture perils, haunting fears\nMade loving eyes fill up with tears.\nShe whispered in his heedless ears,\n\"I'll guard you with my life.\"\n\n\"So you don't wade out too deep\nWhen upon you dangers creep\nWithin my grasp your hand I'll keep.\nDon't worry I'll be there.\"\n\n\"I'll hold your hand as you cross the street.\nClear your path and guide your feet.\nTeach you to win or face defeat.\nPick you up when you fall down.\"\n\n\"Through happy days or nights so long\nYou'll feel my hand within your own.\nAnd even when you're big and strong\nI'll hold your hand your whole life long.\"\n\n                                                              by Yvonne Golden<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She gently laid him in his bed And kissed his tired tousled head With tiny hand outstretched he said, &#8220;Mommy, will you hold my hand?&#8221; &#8220;Of course, I will&#8221;, was her reply. 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